Setting system time

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Freddie

How would I go about setting the system date and time via vba code. Any
sites or advice would be greatly appreciated.


Fred
 
Freddie said:
How would I go about setting the system date and time via vba code. Any
sites or advice would be greatly appreciated.
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From the Access 97 Help File
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Date Statement
Sets the current system date.

Syntax
Date = date

For systems running Microsoft Windows 95, the required date specification must
be a date from January 1, 1980 through December 31, 2099. For systems running
Microsoft Windows NT, date must be a date from January 1, 1980 through December
31, 2079.

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Time Statement
Sets the system time.

Syntax
Time = time

The required time argument is any numeric expression, string expression, or any
combination, that can represent a time.

Remarks

If time is a string, Time attempts to convert it to a time using the time
separators you specified for your system. If it can't be converted to a valid
time, an error occurs.
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Rick,
Thanks, perhaps I was not clear in my question. I want to be able from
access prompt the user to enter a date and also a time interval that would
set the date and time on the computer. What would to code be in order to
perform this?

Fred
 
Freddie said:
Rick,
Thanks, perhaps I was not clear in my question. I want to be able from
access prompt the user to enter a date and also a time interval that would
set the date and time on the computer. What would to code be in order to
perform this?
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Just provide prompts and feed the returns to the aforementioned statements.

Date = CDate(InputBox("Please Enter Date"))
Time = InputBox("Please Enter Time")

You would likely want to expand on the above to add tests to make sure that
valid entries are made in each case, add error handling, etc..
 
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